How to SDS, Part 2: Essential Best Practices for SDS Authoring

As a chemist or engineer tasked with writing Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for a variety of individual substances and mixtures, there is no greater challenge than basing conclusions of harm (and the risk of harm) on accurate mathematical equations.

Isn’t that the exact point of SDS: To essentially protect different categories of personnel and the public who will work with or be exposed to chemicals used in your products?

Below are best practices that you and your team can employ (and train SDS authors on) when starting the process of writing brand new SDS or revising others to comply with new requirements such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revision of the Hazard Communication Standard to align with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS).